Item 83-84 - Photographs of statues of three kings of Dahomey and one king's throne

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FRAZ/21/83-84

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Photographs of statues of three kings of Dahomey and one king's throne

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  • [1908] (Creation)

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2 photographic prints

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Frazer, Sir James George (1854-1941), knight, social anthropologist and classical scholar
(1854-1941)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Two photographs which were the subject of an article by Frazer, 'Statues of Three Kings of Dahomey' in 'Man' VIII (1908) pp. 130-132. The three kings are Guezo, Guelelé and Behanzin, depicted in their semi-animal form; the throne belonged to King Guelelé. Identified on the verso by Frazer, and with ink stamp of Travaux Photographiques, A. Cintract, 5 Rue Daubenton, Paris.

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